The Morning Pride: February 10, 2014

Welcome to The Morning Pride, ThinkProgress LGBT’s daily round-up of the latest in LGBT policy, politics, and some culture too! Here’s what we’re reading this morning, but please let us know what stories you’re following as well. Follow us all day on Twitter at @TPEquality.

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– Out lesbian Ireen Wüst from the Netherlands won the gold medal in the 3,000-meter competition at the Olympics.

– The Pentagon doesn’t see the need for legislation ensuring all “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” discharges were honorable, but veterans say the current paperwork process is taking too long and preventing them from accessing the benefits they deserve.

– Indiana state Republican Sen. Ron Alting announced he would not be supporting HJR-3, the amendment banning same-sex marriage. A Senate committee will consider the amendment Monday.

– A restaurant in Oklahoma has declared that it won’t serve freaks, “faggots,” people with disabilities, or welfare recipients.

– Toronto Mayor Rob Ford tried to prevent the City Hall from flying the rainbow flag, insisting that the Olympics should not be “about someone’s sexual preference,” but he allowed it to stay up, as many other Canadian cities have done.